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drink
( drinks plural & 3rd person present) ( drinking present participle) ( drank past tense) ( drunk past participle )

1       verb   When you drink a liquid, you take it into your mouth and swallow it.
He drank his cup of tea...      V n
He drank thirstily from the pool under the rock.      V

2       verb   To drink means to drink alcohol.
He was smoking and drinking too much...      V
♦   drinking      n-uncount
She had left him because of his drinking...

3       n-count   A drink is an amount of a liquid which you drink.
oft N of n
I'll get you a drink of water.

4 n-count A drink is an alcoholic drink.
She felt like a drink after a hard day.

5 n-uncount Drink is alcohol, such as beer, wine, or whisky.
Too much drink is bad for your health.

6
→ drinking

7    People say `I'll drink to that' to show that they agree with and approve of something that someone has just said.
INFORMAL
♦ drink to that      convention
  (feelings)    drink to      phrasal verb   When people drink to someone or something, they wish them success, good luck, or good health before having an alcoholic drink.
Let's drink to his memory, eh?      V P n   drink up      phrasal verb   When you drink up an amount of liquid, you finish it completely.
Drink up your sherry and we'll go...      V P n (not pron)
Drink up, there's time for another.      V P

drink-drive      , drink drive
Drink-drive means relating to drink-driving.      adj   ADJ n
He was nearly three times over the drink drive limit.

drink-driver        ( drink-drivers    plural  ) , drink driver   A drink-driver is someone who drives after drinking more than the amount of alcohol that is legally allowed.
  (BRIT)      n-count
in AM, use drunk driver
♦   drink-driving      n-uncount
...a drink-driving conviction.

soft drink ( soft drinks plural ) A soft drink is a cold, non-alcoholic drink such as lemonade or fruit juice, or a fizzy drink. n-count

Translation English - Cobuild Collins Dictionary

drink
vb

1 absorb, drain, gulp, guzzle, imbibe, partake of, quaff, sip, suck, sup, swallow, swig (informal) swill, toss off, wash down, wet one's whistle (informal)

2 bend the elbow (informal) bevvy (dialect) booze (informal) carouse, go on a binge or bender (informal) hit the bottle (informal) indulge, pub-crawl (informal, chiefly Brit.) revel, tipple, tope, wassail
n

3 beverage, liquid, potion, refreshment, thirst quencher

4 alcohol, booze (informal) Dutch courage, hooch or hootch (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.) liquor, spirits, the bottle (informal)

5 cup, draught, glass, gulp, noggin, sip, snifter (informal) swallow, swig (informal) taste, tipple

6    the drink        (informal)   the briny     (informal)   the deep, the main, the ocean, the sea
  →   whisky
  →   coffee
  →   tea
  →   beer
  →   wine

drink in
absorb, assimilate, be all ears (informal) be fascinated by, be rapt, hang on (someone's) words, hang on the lips of, pay attention

drink to
pledge, pledge the health of, salute, toast

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